Common Bladder Senna Colutea arborescens
- Phonetic Spelling
- KLETH-rah far-GHEE-zee-eye
- Description
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Prefers full sun and tolerates a range of soil types. Flowers appear on the current season's growth. It is quite aggressive and is considered weedy in some areas.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Colutea
- Species:
- arborescens
- Family:
- Fabaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Europe
- Dimensions:
- Height: 6 ft. 0 in. - 8 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 6 ft. 0 in. - 8 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Legume
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Orange
- Pink
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Size:
- > 6 inches
- Flower Description:
- Little flowers may be pink, yellow, or orange. 7 in pea-shaped flowers in summer with red markings on 1.5-4 in. raceme; 3 in., bladder-like seed pods.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- A compound, odd-pinnate, 3-6 in., bright green leaves; 9-13 leaflets; non-showy fall color
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
